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|type = Space battlecruiser | |type = Space battlecruiser | ||
|origin = [[Sontaran]]s | |origin = [[Sontaran]]s | ||
|appearances = | |appearances = [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (home video)|Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown (novelisation)|Shakedown]]'' | ||
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The '''War-Wheel''' was a massive battlecruiser used by the [[Sontaran]]s. The [[Spaceship|ship]] looked like an axle with two wheels on its ends. It was armed with two space cannons, carried [[Sontaran shuttlecraft]] and was captained by an [[Admiral]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (home video)|Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]'') | |||
== History == | |||
[[File:War Wheel back.jpg|thumb|left|Back of the War-Wheel. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (home video)|Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]'')]] | |||
One War-Wheel was used in the pursuit of a [[Rutan]] [[spy]]. It moved to every intersecion point where the Rutan might be. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (home video)|Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]'') | |||
Sontaran Commander [[Steg]] intended to open a [[wormhole]] above [[Sentarion]] and send a War-Wheel through it to [[Ruta III]], where it would kill the [[Rutan Queen]]. The [[Seventh Doctor]] closed the wormhole and trapped the War-Wheel inside. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown (novelisation)|Shakedown]]'') | |||
[[Kamen|Mr Kamen]] salvaged a host of technology from the wreckage of a War-Wheel on [[Earth]]. In addition, he found a [[Skral|Sontaran survivor]] who he would have modified to serve him as a [[mercenary]] in the [[2010s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Portrait of a Lady (audio story)|Portrait of a Lady]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
* The War-Wheel resembles the ships of the [[Cyberman]] [[fleet]] seen in ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', of which an homage design appeared in ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'' and ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', with the former appearance being alongside a [[Sontaran flagship]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:28, 20 April 2024
The War-Wheel was a massive battlecruiser used by the Sontarans. The ship looked like an axle with two wheels on its ends. It was armed with two space cannons, carried Sontaran shuttlecraft and was captained by an Admiral. (HOMEVID: Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans)
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
One War-Wheel was used in the pursuit of a Rutan spy. It moved to every intersecion point where the Rutan might be. (HOMEVID: Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans)
Sontaran Commander Steg intended to open a wormhole above Sentarion and send a War-Wheel through it to Ruta III, where it would kill the Rutan Queen. The Seventh Doctor closed the wormhole and trapped the War-Wheel inside. (PROSE: Shakedown)
Mr Kamen salvaged a host of technology from the wreckage of a War-Wheel on Earth. In addition, he found a Sontaran survivor who he would have modified to serve him as a mercenary in the 2010s. (AUDIO: Portrait of a Lady)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The War-Wheel resembles the ships of the Cyberman fleet seen in The Invasion, of which an homage design appeared in The Pandorica Opens and A Good Man Goes to War, with the former appearance being alongside a Sontaran flagship.
